Packing for multi-components

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a multi-component packing that allows for the separation of two or more substances that come in liquid, power or small grains form, held inside independent chambers. As a result, the mixing of the components can be made by the user at the moment of application, enabling the preservation of the components chemical properties, which should not be mixed until the moment of application. The invention prevents the contact of the substances with the user and the environment, making their transportation easier, reducing the number of pieces and steps in the mixing operation. It makes only necessary firstly the rupture of the seals that separate the multiple independent chambers that hold the components, secondly the shake movement for homogenizing the mixing for its application, and finally the removal of the mixing for application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention refers to the field of packings for substances, in the form of liquid, powder or small grains.

[0002] According to the TB-77 RULES (conditioning and packing: Brazilian Technology (1972), from Brazilian Association of Technical Rules), packings are recipients, coverings, boxes, which must protect, hold and preserve materials and equipment.

[0003] Packings have a significant importance. Almost any products are packed, in their final configuration or during the intermediate phases of production and transportation.

[0004] The first packings were created more than ten thousand years ago, and were used as simple recipients for drinking and storage. The first material used in large scale to the packing production was glass, during the first century B.C., by the Syrians.

[0005] In the beginning of the nineteenth century, the first steel and tin cans began to be produced, spreading over during the Second World War. Because of the increasing price of these materials, in 1959, the aluminum cans began to be used to hold beer.

[0006] Since the Second World War, there have been numerous innovations in packing production, like the use of paper, cardboard and plastic, powered by the need of easy transportation.

[0007] Today, the packings follow the global trends, presenting special characteristics and new materials. Product and packing are becoming connected, in a way that it is impossible to consider one without the other.

[0008] In that way, its possible to adequate the packing to suitable dimensioning for manipulation, moving, transportation, among others.

[0009] Some packings require a unique system, since they are supposed to hold products whose properties can be lost if its components are mixed together for a long period. For this reason, such components must be packed in separate chambers, mixed by the user only at the moment of application.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0010] The solutions for the transportation of this kind of components are normally based on multiple boxes or flasks, or multiple chamber syringes. These solutions usually lead to the need of voluminous and mechanically complex packings, involving mixing operations made up of multiple steps, such as:

[0011] 1) The user opens the flask seal of the first substance.

[0012] 2) The user removes one of the components from its packing or flask, using a syringe.

[0013] 3) The user removes the seal from the second packing.

[0014] 4) The user injects the first component inside the packing of the second.

[0015] 5) The user shakes the mixing, in order to homogenize it or/and cause the catalysis of the active principles.

[0016] 6) The user removes the mixing, in order to inoculate or use it.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] For the best description of the present invention, the following drawings are presented:

[0018]FIG. 1 presents the multi-component packing through the AA section, with the translation seal-breaking system;

[0019]FIG. 2 shows the multi-component packing through the AA section with the rotatory seal-breaking system;

[0020]FIG. 3 presents examples of independent chambers created among the breakable seals;

[0021]FIG. 4 shows a rigid structure that can be connected to the lid of the packing, allowing the separate sealing of some of the components;

[0022]FIG. 5 shows another structure configuration that can be connected to the neck of the packing;

[0023]FIG. 6 presents an AA section of the dual injection system for producing the packing lid;

[0024]FIG. 7 presents an AA section of the single injection system for producing the packing lid;

[0025]FIG. 8 presents a top view of the dual injection system;

[0026]FIG. 9 presents a top view of the single injection system;

[0027]FIG. 10 presents the front view of the packing lid;

[0028]FIG. 11 shows the bottom view of the packing lid; and

[0029]FIG. 12 shows the multi-component packing functional diagram, using the translation seal-rupture system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0030] The present invention relates to a multi-component packing similar to a flask, for stand alone use, or for use with separate injection devices, like syringes, which allows the physical separation and transportation of two or more substances, in the form of liquid, powder or small grains, kept inside independent chambers. Through this configuration, the mixing of the components is done by the user at the moment of product application, in a way to preserve the chemical properties of the substances, which can only be mixed at the time of application. Moreover, contact with the user and the environment is minimized, transportation is optimized and the number of operations involved in mixing are reduced to the rupture of the seals that separate the multiple component chambers, the shake movement and the removal of the mixed solution for application.

[0031] The multi-component packing is a result of the combination of all or some of the following items or devices:

[0032] A flask (1), of any size and shape.

[0033] A lid (2), that can be attached to the flask (1) by screw thread, pressure, gluing, fusion, welding, or any other process of union between two pieces. The lid (1) can have a lowering on its top to make it easy for a needle to penetrate, so that the mixing can be removed. To avoid the undesirable rupture of the seal, the lid can include a non-violation system, not shown in the drawings.

[0034] A structure (3) that is the lower part of the lid, as shown in FIG. 2, which adapts itself to the flask's (1) neck, in which the upper part of the lid, being exposed to a rotatory movement applied by the user, produces a translation movement, causing a sharp edge (4) to break the seals. As shown in FIG. 1, the rupture of the seal can be also produced by the pressure of a finger on the top of a lid, producing a translation movement of the breaking structures against the seal.

[0035] Single or multiple independent chambers (6), sealed by one or more breakable seals (5), which are placed next to the finish of a movable structure (7) placed inside the lid (2), as shown at FIG. 1, or through the creation of a sealed space between two flexible and breakable seals (5), as presented at FIG. 3, or inserted in a rigid structure (8) connected to the lid (2), as shown at FIG. 4, or inserted in a rigid structure (9) connected to the lid and attached to the flask's neck (1), as shown at FIG. 5.

[0036] A movable structure (7), with sharp and cutting edges or points which, when being pressed by the user finger, describes a downward movement, breaking simultaneously the seals (5), through a system of single or dual injection, as presented at FIGS. 6 and 7, respectively, making it possible for the components inside the sealed chamber to mix together with those inside the main flask (1).

[0037] A rigid structure (8), made of any material, sealed on its superior and inferior faces by flexible and breakable seals (5), presenting one or more independent chambers (6) and being connected to the lid (2) by screw thread, pressure, gluing, fusion, welding or any other process of union between two pieces.

[0038] A rigid structure (9), as shown at FIG. 5, made of any material, connected to the lid (2) and attached to the flask's neck (1) by screw thread, pressure, gluing, fusion, welding or any other process of union between two pieces, and presenting multiple sharp edges (10) that promotes the rupture of the flexible and breakable seals (5), when activated by the user through the movable structure (7).

[0039] In the translation seal-rupture system, the user pressure on the movable structure (7), which presents sharp and cutting edges or points, causes it to describe a downward translation movement, breaking the seals (5) and releasing the components of the single or multiple independent chambers (6) to the interior of the main flask, promoting their mixing.

[0040] In the rotatory seal-rupture system, the rotation of the lid (2) promotes the downward translation movement of the internal structure (7), causing the sharp edges (4 or 10) to break the seals (5), releasing the components kept inside the independent chambers (6) to the main flask (1).

[0041]FIG. 12 shows the whole translation operation—the resulting mixing can be removed from the main flask through the perforation of the lowering placed on the top of the lid, using a syringe or simply removing the lid. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A packing for multi-components, comprising multiple independent chambers, placed inside and below a movable structure inserted inside a lid of a flask or generated by a sealed space between two breakable seals or inside a rigid structure connected to the lid or inserted in the rigid structure, which is connected to the lid and attached to the flask's neck.
 2. The packing for multi-components, according to claim 1, further comprising single or multiple independent chambers which are sealed by one or more breakable seals.
 3. The packing for multi-components, according to claim 2, further comprising a movable structure, which has sharp and cutting edges or points, capable of breaking the one or more seals simultaneously by the pressure of a user's finger.
 4. The packing for multi-components, according to claim 3, wherein the movable structure is generated by a single or dual injection system, responsible for the rupture of the breakable seals.
 5. The packing for multi-components, according to claim 1, wherein the rigid structure is sealed on a top and a bottom face by breakable seals, offering single or multiple independent chambers, being connected to the flask's lid.
 6. The packing for multi-components, according to claim 5, wherein the rigid structure is connected to the lid by a screw thread, pressure, gluing, fusion or welding.
 7. The packing for multi-components, according to claim 1, wherein the rigid structure which has one or more independent chambers and a rigid structure that is connected to the flask's lid neck.
 8. The packing for multi-components, according to claim 6, further comprising at least one sharp edge responsible for the rupture of the breakable seals, when the movable structure is translated from a rotatory or a translation action over the lid.
 9. The packing for multi-components, according to the claim 1, wherein the rigid structure is connected to the lid and attached to the flask's neck by a screw thread, pressure, gluing, fusion, or welding.
 10. The packing for multi-components, according to claim 1, further comprising a flask's lid that with a non-violation means or a lowering on its top face. 